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The FIFA World Cup comes to a close on Sunday, as Spain and Argentina face off for the championship. The tournament’s scale is difficult to overstate: More than 75% of the world’s population was expected to engage with it in...

How much money parents can invest in their kids is one of the biggest factors in upward mobility. The inability of many families to provide their children a financial leg up has helped drive income inequality in the United...

The Nothing Ear (3a) have surprised me for several reasons – the price is one of them.

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When we installed a new furnace in a rental property, the city’s mechanical inspector told me it didn’t pass code due to how the natural gas line was run. I started to argue—I know the code—but challenging building inspectors is...

Unlike most cutting lasers, femtosecond lasers don’t vaporize materials; rather, they produce such short, intense bursts of light that the affected region is ablated without having the chance to heat its surroundings. This makes...